The owners say it has a 300 MW capacity which means it will give on average 75MW of electricity, which, of course, is only a fraction of a proper power station.

This 75MW will receive a £60m subsidy p.a. on top of what it gets for the electricity, guaranteed for 20 years, adding up to a subsidy of around £1.2bn.

The wind lobby say we need the jobs. Well it is reported it will create 21 permanent jobs. Receiving a subsidy of £57m per job! (read more)

Turbines are all built outside the UK and on average only 20% of the total windfarm investment is spent in the UK.

Our conclusion is that it is a wasteful and useless expenditure that adds unnecessary cost to our electricity, increases fuel poverty, destroys jobs (read more) and we consumers are being fleeced to pay for the vanity of politicians when they should be trying to reduce the national deficit.

Does this not have to be called a scam ?

Holy Trinity Church, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, has dominated the Swift Valley for 1,000 years. Above is an accurate representation of the relative sizes of the church spire and the proposed monstrous turbines that will vandalise the heritage of the area.

Donate Now!

Please donate now to help pay for a lawyer to represent the community at the Called-In appeal hearing.